Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,516, Charles Goodrich, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Goodrich Charles Ann
NUMBER
W. 19.516
CONTENTS
4

Let to Frederick Sibley, May 29, 1838.
5/28
New York
Charles Goodrich, private
Massachusetts line (year) in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 7th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of Decr 1818 and sent to the Hon. D. Kittredge, House of Reps. U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 28/ 39.22 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819. 48.00
$87.22
Little
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
New York Dear - see roll

2874
New York City
Ann Goodrich
widow of Charles Goodrich
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Increased from $40 per an.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
First July
Certificate of Pension issued the eighth day of Jany 1857 and sent to
William Valentine Albany New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 76 Vol. 4
757

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York; and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of April 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

application of Charles Goodrich-
April 1810 -
Soldier
Not on Rolls
Admitted
Presented by M c Kirtland January 22 nd 1875
Hon. D. Kirtland
H. of Reps
that he does not b

To the Honorable Richard Riker Esquire Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayors Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York,
The Declaration under oath of Charles Goodrich formerly a Soldier — engaged in the Service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, and now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New-York
Respectfully Showeth, that the said Charles Goodrich Enlisted as a Private Soldier at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts about the first of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy- five, under Capt. Parker of Ipswich, Moses Kent was first Lieut. & Smith 2 nd Lieut, in said company & said company belonged to the Regt. on the Continent- al establishment, of which Moses Little was the Colonel. That the said Charles Goodrich was with the company first quartered at Prospect Hill, until the British left Boston when they marched with the Regt. to New-London, from that to New-York, went on Long Island, remained there until the army retreated over to New-York, & from thence to Haverlam, & was then attached to General Greene Brigade, That the said Charles continued regularly in the said service as a Continental Soldier in the company aforesaid, until the first of February one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven, and was then discharged between Princeton & N. Brunswick, that the said Charles was in the Battles of Trenton & Princeton — That as to his Discharge, he knows not what has become of it, but thinks the same has long since been lost, or mislaid — And this Declaration further representeth that the said Charles Goodrich is now a Citizen of the United States, and residing in the city of New-York aforesaid, that he was born & brought up at Cape Ann in the State of Massachusetts, & is now and about fifty nine years —

That he does not know of any of the Officers aforesaid to now living, or of any of the Regts, but believes they are dead and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support; That he hath also served for several months after the year 1777 - in the navy, on Board the Frigate Dean, under Commodore Nicholson -
Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, approved, March 18, 1818, and requests that your Honor will examine into the truths of the matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the affidavit - of himself and of Jacob Little & Dirck Ten Broeck hereafter set forth,
Dated, the 7 th day of April 1818 - Chas Goodrich
City and County of New-York, ss. Charles Goodrich
being duly sworn, says, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
of April the 7 th day of 1818 before me,
Chas Goodrich
P Riker
Record of the City of New York
State of New York -
City & County of New York ss Dirck Ten Broeck of said city counsellor at Law being duly sworn saith, that he is well acquainted with Charles Goodrich the above Applicant & hath been acquainted with him since July 1804 - believes him to be in reduced circumstances in life - that he believes his above statement to be correct & worthy of full credit & belief - That he is also acquainted with Jacob Little whose affidavit is hereto annexed, who now resides with his family in this city lately removed from Newbury Port & rents from this deponent, a three story house coach house & stable of premises, in Stuyvesant Street in which house the said Jacob Little & his family now reside -
Sworn this 7 th day of April 1818 - before me
P Riker
Dirck Ten Broeck

State of New York
City & County of New York ss - Jacob Little late of Newbury Port, in the State of Massachusetts, but now of the city of New York Merchant, being duly sworn, saith, That he is well acquainted with Charles Goodrich the Applicant, & hath been so acquainted for upwards of Twenty years now last past, that they were formerly near neighbours together, in Newbury Port, That this deponent doth believe the statement made by the said Applicant in all respects to be correct & true - That the said Colonel Moses Little mentioned by the said Charles Goodrich, was the Uncle of this deponent, that this deponent knows & believes it to be true, that the said Colonel Little was a Colonel commanding a Regt in the continen- tal army, of the revolutionary war, at the time mentioned & set forth by the said Applicant Charles Goodrich - That said Col l Moses Little has been dead some what, about twenty years, as near as this deponent can recollect.
Sworn this 18 th day of April - 1815 Before me
Jacob Little
P. Piper

City and County of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, personally appeared the aforesaid Charles Goodrich Applicant, and
entitled to the fullest credit, who being by me duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration and affidavits by them subscribed,
and the said Applicant also having produced the affidavits
Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Applicant did serve in the Army of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term and in the manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant; and that he is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid.
Therefore, I do hereby Certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court, at the City of New-York, the day and year last above written.
R Riker

1777-1777
Ann Goodrich

At a Court of Common Pleas held at the City Hall of the City of New York in and for said City and County of April Term to wit of the twentieth day of April in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Seven
Present
The Honourable
Michael Ulshoefter Assis= tant Judge of said Court
Be it Remembered that on the day and year aforesaid personally come Tenn Goodrich of said City Widow and Tenn Camp also of said City and Frederick Dibblee of said City Counsellor at Law who in Open Court severally signed the annexed affidavits and who being severally sworn on the holy Evangelist did respectively depose and say that the affidavits by them severally subscrib= ed and the matters therein set forth are true And I further certify that the affiants are credible persons
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand as the Clerk of said Court and affixed the Seal of said Court and County the day and year first above written
M c Jeremiah Clerk

State and City of New York - ss -
Declaration
Be it Remembered that on this Twen- tieth day of April One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Seven personally ap- peared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York Ann Goodrich a resident of said City of New York aged about Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration in Order to Obtain the benefit of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 - 1836 That she is the Widow of Charles Goodrich who was a private Soldier or in some other capacity in the Army or Militia acting under the American Congress in the Army of the revolution but deponent cannot accu- rately specify the particular service -
She further Declares that she was married to the said Charles Goodrich some time in the month of May in the year One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three that her husband the aforesaid Charles Goodrich Died on the Seventeenth day of February One Thousand Eight hundred and twenty in the City of New York that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the proof hereunto annexed Sworn to and subscribed on the Day and year above written in Open Court before me.
Ann Goodrich
Mo. S. Duncum Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York

City and State of New York - ss
Ann Goodrich of said City Widow of Capt e Charles Goodrich late of said City deceased being duly sworn doth depose and say as follows - viz z That her maiden name was Ann Hoyt. That some time in the month of May but deponent cannot now exactly Remember the precise day in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty three she was duly and lawfully married to the said Charles Goodrich at Newbury Port in the State of Massachusetts at that time the said Charles Goodrich was and for Two years previous had been a Soldier in the Army of the American Congress in the House or Huse's Regiment then stationed at New bury Port That afterwards her said husband had an honourable Discharge from the Army - That after the Peace her said husband entered into the Shipping bu- siness at Newbury Port and become very successful and Wealthy but subsequently lost all his property by captures under the French Decree - That during the last War he Commanded a privateer Brig out of Boston called the Gossamer and after making One or Two prizes he was captured and carried into Halifax where he remained a prisoner for upwards of six months - That after his liberation and return to this country he became Commander of another pri- vateer Brig fitted out of Boston called the Mac- donough in which he made several Captures - And deponent further saith That after the last peace her said husband removed to this City where he contin- ued to Reside until his death which took place to the best of Deponents Recollection in February One Thousand Eight hundred and twenty - That about One year previous to his death he Obtained a Pension.

Certificate from the American Government as a Revolutionary Pensioner which certificate is now lost or mislaid. That Deponent had Eleven Children by her said husband who are all dead except three Daughters. That she has two daughters by her said husband who now live in this city and One Daughter in the city of Hamburg in Holland, That she is now nearly Seventy Years of Age and is in very indigent circumstances and that she never married after the death of her said husband - That she now resides in Clinton Street in said city and further saith That her eldest daughter is named Nancy now Widow Whitmore who is fifty years of age her second Daughter named Sarah now the Widow Pollock aged Forty Nine years and her third Daughter Mary now Mrs Stafford is aged Forty years
Sworn to and Subscribed } Ann Goodrich
On the day and year above written in Open Court before me, }
Wm. Guernsey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York }

City and State of New York - ss
Ann Camp of Delancey Street in said City being duly sworn doth depose and say that she is the Wife of Samuel Camp of said City. That she is now upwards of Sixty Seven years of age. That from her earliest days she was well acquainted with the foregoing Ann Goodrich and also her late husband Charles Goodrich. That this deponent in her younger days lived in the Vicinity of Newbury Port where she was born and well knew that the said Charles Goodrich and the said Ann his wife whose maiden name was Ann Hoyt and deponent knows that the said Charles and Ann were married in the month of May One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three at Newbury Port aforesaid it was some time prior to the peace and deponent distinctly recollects that at the time of said marriage the said Charles Goodrich was serving in the American Ar- my but does not remember in what capacity. That she has has ever since that period continued to be intimate in the family of the said Charles Goodrich That the said Capt. Charles Goodrich Died some years since And Deponent further saith that there are now but three Children of the said Charles Goodrich living as is truly set forth in the foregoing affidavit. And further saith that since the death of the said Charles Goodrich the said Ann has been and still remains a Widow having never married after the death of the said Charles Goodrich and deponent fur- ther saith that she is also well acquainted with the daughters of the said Charles & Ann Goodrich that she verily believes their respective names and ages are correctly set forth in the foregoing affidavit sub- scribed by the said Ann Goodrich -

Mr Ann X Camp minis
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written in Open Court before me
Thos. Tuckman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York

City and County of New York - ss
Frederick Dibblee of said city/boun- sellor at Law being duly sworn doth depose and say That he was well acquainted with Charles Goodrich late of said city and was also acquainted with Ann Goodrich his Wife as deponent boarded in the family in the Year One Thousand Eight hundred and Nine- teen. And Deponent further saith that about that time but deponent cannot now designate pre- cisely the time The said Charles Goodrich on produ- cing satisfactory proof in that behalf obtained a Pension from the Government of the United States as a Revolutionary Pensioner which he enjoyed to the time of his death which according to Deponents Rec- ollection took occurred in the Year One Thousand Eight hundred and twenty
And deponent further saith that since the death of the said Charles Goodrich the said Ann his wife has been and still is a Widow having never since married to the knowledge or belief of this deponent and further saith that he is also acquainted with the three Daughters, Children of the said Charles and Ann Goodrich whose names ages and places of Residence are accurately de- scribed and set forth in the foregoing affidavits subscribed by the said Ann Goodrich and fur- ther saith not
Sworn to and subscribed Frederick Dibblee on the day and year Above written in open Court
before me.
Thos. P. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and Counties of New York

2733
4584
Ann Goodrich Act 1838
M o 13 July 1786 H. P. 17 Feb 1820
Infans under age 1836
Admitted Private 12 months
F. Dibble Esq. New York

State & City of New York ss
Be it Remembered that on the twenty first day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine Personally appeared in open Court Before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York held at the City Hall of said City, Ann Good- rich Widow a Resident of said City of New York Who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following De- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and and Pensions to certain Widows"
For that she is the Widow of Charles Good- rich late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and for his Rank in the Army of the Revolution and term of service she Refers to Documents on file in the War Department at Washington upon which the said Charles Goodrich was placed on the Pension list, as the Deponent believes in the year 1818 or 1819 -
She further Declares that her maiden name was Ann Hoyt that she was the Daughter of Capt Joseph Hoyt then of Newbury Port in the state of Massachusetts where she Resided when she was married to the said Charles Goodrich by the Reverend W m Carey which was on the Thirtieth day of July A.D. one Thousand Seven hun- dred and Eighty six, as is set forth in the annexed Affidavit -

And she further saith that the said Charles Goodrich Died in the City of New York on the Twentieth day of February A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and twenty, That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz at the time above stated.
And the Deponent further saith that since the decease of the said Charles Goodrich as aforesaid, she has not married but still Remains his Widow and that she is now upwards of Seventy years of age, and further saith not
Ann Goodrich
Sworn and Subscribed on the Day and year first above written as Witness the hand and Official Seal of the Clerk of said Court.
Joseph L. Cox

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County
3/4
John Andrews of Newbury Port in the County aforesaid Minister of the Gospel being duly sworn doth Depose and say that he was settled as Colleague Pastor with the Reverend Thomas Carey now deceased over the First Religious Society in Newbury Port aforesaid in December One Thousand seven hundred and eighty eight.
And Depone further saith that on the twentieth day of September last he examined the Book of Record of Marriages Officially kept by the aforesaid Reverend Mr. Carey in his lifetime and now belonging to the said society by which it appears that Capt Charles Goodrich and Miss Ann Hoyt were duly married by the Reverend Mr. Carey on the Thirtieth day of July One Thousand seven hundred and eighty six and which he verily believes to be true, and Depone further saith that the entry in said Book of the marriage aforesaid is in the hand writing of the Reverend Mr. Carey and is in the words and figures following, under the date of July 30 th 1786. July 30 th Capt Charles Goodrich & Miss Ann Hoyt 2 nd Day Eve
And Depone further saith that the above was the usual way of Recording Marriages in said Book as well by the Reverend Mr. Carey in his lifetime as by this Depone and that the foregoing is a true Abstract and Copy of the Original entry in said Book and further saith not
John Andrews.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County
ps December 21. 1838
On the day of the date hereof personally came and appeared before me the undersigned, the Reverend John Andrews a Minister of the Gospel to me well known who signed the foregoing Affidavit and being by me duly sworn did depose that the matter therein set forth are true.
Stephen W. Marston Jus. of the Police Court in Warrington in said County
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County
ps
I John Prince
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Do hereby Certify that Stephen W. Marston before whom the foregoing deposition of the Reverend John Andrews was taken, and who has subscribed the foregoing Certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for the District of Wenbury Port aforesaid and that his signature thereto is his real signature given under my hand and seal of office at Wenbury Port  Salisbury the twenty eighth day of December in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight.
John Prince Clk.

Am at -
May
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington City

New York April 27 th 1839
4584 Jan 23
Dear
Permit me again to call your attention to the last set of papers I transmitted you on the 21 st of January last in Relation to Mrs Goodrich's Claim for a Pension -
Although this length of time has elapsed, I should have further waited to hear from you in Relation to it, but for the almost daily importunities of the Widow - she is far advanced in years and in such straitened circumstances as makes this aid of great consequence to her - and from her necessitous condition and the delay that has occurred to be felt severely - These circumstances are my apology for again trespassing on you, for your answer -
Very Respectfully
Your Ob dt Serv t
Frederick Sibley
J. L. Edmunds Esq

Jan. 23, 1839
N Fork cit
4584
7 July 1838
J.
Edw
Pim

New York
Ann Goodrich
Suspended Let to
Frederick Dibble June
to June 29. No. 38.
21. 1837
do Aug 30. 1837
to J.R. 1-1/2

Rejected
in let. to Fred t Dibble May 29, 1838.

To the Honourable
Secretary of War
Sir
New York April 20 th 1837
I beg leave to ask your attention to the accompanying Documents for an application for a Pension under the act of Congress of July 4 th 1836 -
From the great length of time that has elapsed since I was married to my late husband Charles Godrich it is impossible for me at this time particularly to Remem- ber in what capacity my late husband served in the Army of the revolution
My husband a year or two before his death in 1820 Obtained a pension from the Government and I beg leave to refer to the Documents on file in the office of the War Department by which that Certificate was Obtained which will I trust also supply any deficiency in supporting my present application - Since his death his papers have become so deranged that I am unable to find the Certificate but which will doubtless appear from the Records of the War Department -
Any Communications for me or for further information you will please Direct to Frederick Dibble Esqr Counsellor at Law of this city who has long

been the intimate friend of my family
Very Respectfully
Your O bt Servant
Ann Goodrich

Ann Goshrick for purchase of pension under Social Security Act 1935

New York January 21 st 1839
Sir On the Receipt of your letter of Nov r 29 th Rel- -ative to the deficiencies in the papers of M rs Ann Good- -rich for a Pension - I drew the forms of the Dep- -ary Affidavit & Certificate of the Clerk agreeable to the purport of your Rules and Letter and forwarded them to Newbury Port. They were duly executed and sent to me, which with the additional affidavit of M rs Goodrich, as suggested in your letter, I herewith forward to you -
I have endeavoured to embody in the affidavit of M rs Goodrich, all the essential matters contained as well in your printed Rules as in your Letter -
I hope her papers may now be deemed correct, and according to the provisions of the Act you will forward the Pension Certy- -ficate as soon as your convenience will permit
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t
Frederick Dibblee
J. L. Edwards Esq r

Albany N.Y Oct 26 th 1850
Sir
Enclosed is the Declaration of Ann Goodrich for an increase of her pension under the joint Resolution of July 1 st 1848 and her pension certificate is herewith returned that a new one may issue at the increased rate.
I am Yours very respectfully
W m Valentine "
J. S. Edwards Esq Comm ee of Pensions Washington

Payment to be made at
New York City by
Benj n S. Hart Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
James M c Clintock Secretary N.Y.
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 75 Vol. 4.
Geo. H. Smith Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Ann Goodrich , widow of Charles Goodrich , who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty dollars and  _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 8th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine .
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Inc to $96 per ann de d y former pays at $40 per annu Comig 1 July 1848.
York City Hall
M rs Valentine Albany N.Y.

STATE OF New York City County of New York } ss.
On this 7 th day of October A. D. 1850, before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Ann Goodrich of said city & County of New York who being duly sworn, upon her oath makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 29 th 1848, and of the joint Resolution of July 1 st 1848
That she is the widow of Charles Goodrich late of New York city deceased, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and received in his life-time a pension from the United States, at the rate of $ 98 — per annum. That since the decease of her said husband she has been allowed a pension at the rate of $ 40 — per annum, and is now in the receipt of the same. She further states, that she believes that, by virtue of said Act of July 29 th 1848 or of said joint Resolution of July 1 st 1848, she is entitled to an increase of pension. She therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds, and asks that a new certificate may be issued to her for such amount of pension as she may be en-
State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, GEORGE W. RIBLET, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for said City and County of New-York, being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That D. S. Mountfort before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said City and County, duly elected and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, the 7 th day of October 185 a
Geo: W. Ribblet Clerk.
within and for said county, do hereby certify, that the above named D. S. Mountfort is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this
day of A. D. 18

STATE OF New York City County of New York } Ss.
On this 7 th day of October A. D. 1850, before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Ann Goodrich of said city & County of New York who being duly sworn, upon her oath makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 29 th 1848, and of the joint Resolution of July 1 st 1848
That she is the widow of Charles Goodrich late of New York city deceased, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and received in his life-time a pension from the United States, at the rate of $ 96 — per annum. That since the decease of her said husband she has been allowed a pension at the rate of $ 40 — per annum, and is now in the receipt of the same. She further states, that she believes that, by virtue of said Act of July 29 th 1848 or of said joint Resolution of July 1 st 1848, she is entitled to an increase of pension. She therefore herewith returns the certificate she now holds, and asks that a new certificate may be issued to her for such amount of pension as she may be entitled to by law.
Ann Goodrich
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 7 th day of October — A. D. 1850.
N. P. Mountfort Ann Goodrich Police Justice
STATE OF New York City County of New York } Ss.
I, _____ clerk of the court of within and for said county, do hereby certify, that the above named _____ is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this _____
day of _____
A. D. 18 _____

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
8 day of Jan 7/1849
and sent to
Richd. Groves
Waukegan City
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page
75 Vol. 4.

New York 1773
Ann Goodrich widow of Charles Goodrich who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to P. M. Irving N o 157 Wall Street New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 106
Rep 2 .

New York 2733
Ann Goodrich widow of Charles Goodrich
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 17. February 1820 of N. York Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Parker of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Little in the Mass. line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May 1839 and sent to F. Dibblee New York
Arrears to the 4th of March 39 120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 20.00 $140.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2
Clerk, Page 79

Rev WIDOW, &c.
am
File No. 19516
Ann Goodrich
Widow of
Charles Goodrich
Dis. Rev War
Act: Feb 29 48
Index: Vol. 28 , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Enclosed please find Declaration of Ann Goodrich for continuance of Pension under Act 2 d February 1848 having heretofore drawn under Act 17 June 1844. When granted please forward Certificate to Yours Respectfully Danl. J. Hart
To James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. New York 22 nd Nov. 1848

State of New York } ss } Be it known that on this fourteenth  seventh day of November 1848 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of New York in said State Ann Goodrich a resident of the County of New York aged about eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law and doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2d of February 1848 granting pensions to certain widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Charles Goodrich who was a Soldier and served as a private during the war of the Revolution, and that she was a pensioner and drew a pension under the Act of 17 June 1844 at the rate of $40 per annum under said Act.
Sworn and Subscribed this 17 th day of November 1848
her Ann T Goodrich mark
She used "fourteenth" on 1 st line made "seventeenth" before Wm H Vanbott Witness Isaac Wm Smith Justice of the Peace
I, the said Justice, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Ann Goodrich, and that I know her to be in receipt of a pension at the rate of $40 per annum for the above
Wm H Vanbott Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, also CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas, for said City and County of New-York, being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Wm H Vanbott before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said City and County, duly elected and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court and County, the 18 day of Nov 1848
James Conner Clerk.

State of New York } Be it known that on this fourteenth Seven (City and County) day of November 1848 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of New York in said State Ann Goodrich a resident of the County of New York aged about eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law and doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2d of February 1848 granting pensions to certain widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Charles Goodrich who was a Soldier and served as a private during the war of the Revolution, and that she was a pensioner and drew a pension under the Act of 17 June 1844 at the rate of $40 per annum under said Act.
Sworn and Subscribed } this 17 th day of November 1848
her Ann T Goodrich mark
She had "fourteenth" on 1 st line made "seventeenth" before Witnes Isaac W Smith Justice of the Peace
I, the said Justice, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Ann Goodrich, and that I know her to be in receipt of a pension at the rate of $40 per annum, as stated by her in the above affidavit.
November 17 th 1848
W. S. Vanbott Justice of the Peace

State of New York City & County of New York } P. On this fifth day of September A D 1848 before the subscribers, a Commissioner of Seaside duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the said City & County, personally appeared Ann Goodrich, a resident of the City of New York, aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law with her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That She is the widow of Charles Goodrich who was a private in the war of the Revolution and that She received a pension at the New York City Pension Agency of Forty dollars per annum under Act 19 June 1848.
She further declares that She is still a widow Sworn to and subscribed at the residence A.D. 1848 Ann Goodrich
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That the annexed deposition of James Conner taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner sworn, and that I believe the signature of said Commissioner in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and subscribed is genuine. thereto
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 6 day of Sept 1848
James Conner Clerk.
Ann
Goodrich as above
D.

State of New York City & County of New York } p. On this fifth day of September A D 1848 before the undersigned, a Commissioner of Deeds duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the said City & County, personally appeared Ann Goodrich, a resident of the City of New York, aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law with me her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That She is the widow of Charles Goodrich who was a private in the war of the Revolution and that She received a pension at the New York City Pension Agency of Forty dollars per annum under Act 17 June 1848.
She further declares that She is still a widow sworn to and subscribed this 5 th September A D 1848 before me Ann der Goodrich mark Witness: Nine ell King Griswold Paris } Commissioner of Deeds }
And I further certify that I know the said Ann Goodrich to be the same person who drew the Pension as above stated by her.
Griswold Paris Commissioner of Deeds.

Ann Goodrich $40 per an
P. M. Irving n o 15 1/2 Wall Street New-York

New York June 12. 1843
Sir
I herewith transmit application of Mrs Ann Goodrich for a pension under Act March 3. 1843.
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant Siene M. King 15/4 Wall St
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
State of New York
City & County of New York p: On this twelfth day of June A D 1843 before the subscriber, a Commissioner of pleas in and for the said city and county, personally appeared Ann Goodrich, — aged 71 years, a resident of the city of New York, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, in her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 8th March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Charles Goodrich who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and served at one time in a regiment commanded by Colonel Little, and at another in a regiment commanded by Colonel Hughes; and that she received a pension at the New York City Agency at the rate of Forty dollars per annum under the Act of July 7,
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
widow Truth
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That D. Hobart before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Seeds in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Commissioner thereunto subscribed genuine
is known to be the person
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said City and County, the 12 th day of June 1843
Nath Jarvis Clerk.
for and on behalf

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
State of New York City & County of New York p: On this twelfth day of June A D 1843 before the subscriber, a Commissioner of Oaths in and for the said city and county, personally appeared Ann Goodrich, ————— aged 71 years, a resident of the city of New York, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, in her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3rd March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Charles Goodrich who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and served at one time in a regiment commanded by Colonel Little, and at another in a regiment commanded by Colonel Hughes; and that she received a pension at the New York City Agency at the rate of Forty dollars per annum under the Act of July 7, 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn to and subscribed Ann Goodrich before me this 12 th June, 1843
D. H. Hovey
Commissioner of Oaths
I hereby certify that the above declaration is known to me to be the identical Ann Goodrich described in her deposition -
D. Hovey Commissioner of Oaths

New York October 29 th 1838
Sir
Enclosed are some further Affidavits Relative to the application of Mrs. Mrs. Goodrich Widow of the late Charles Goodrich for a Pension.
By Referring to the Papers of Mrs. Goodrich I forwarded to you in January last, you will perceive that she made a mistake of the date of her marriage, a mistake I am confident from my knowledge of Mrs. Goodrich was unintentional, and arising from the imperfections of her memory, which at her advanced age is not a matter of much surprise and which under those circumstances I trust you will excuse.
In your letter to me of the 21 st June last you say "To sustain this claim it must be clearly shown that the applicant's husband was in actual service after the date of her marriage - Record evidence also of the marriage should be produced if to be found. The Church or Town Clerk's Office of Newbury Port will probably furnish the requisite proof"
As the Clergyman who married Mrs. Goodrich was dead, and his family scattered, she had supposed no proof could be obtained - A Letter was however written to Newbury Port, by which proof of her marriage was obtained as annexed to her Affidavit and which

I presume will be sufficient under the Act of passed July 7 - 1838 to entitle her to her Pension.
M c Gochill furnished you by her former papers forwarded to your Department the only evidence it seems at present in her power to obtain. She therefore in addition to those papers Respectfully Re- -fers to the services mentioned in her late husband's Applications on file in your office on which he obtained a Pension. I think in 1820-1821.
Hoping to hear from you on the subject of her Applications as soon as your convenience will permit
I am Sir
Respectfully
Your Hon ble Serv t
Frederick Dibblee
J. L. Edwards Esq r

Be it Remembered that on the second Day of October One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Eight Personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York in open Court at the City Hall of said City. Mrs. Garrison of said City Widow Who subscribed the annexed Affidavit and being duly sworn did Depose that the matters therein set forth are true.
And I the undersigned Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify that the said Mrs. Garrison is a Creditable person.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto at my hand and affixed the official seal of the said Court this day and year first above written.
October 2 d 1838
Joseph O'Neil Clerk

City and State of New York ss Ann Goodrich of said City being duly sworn doth Depose and say that at the time she heretofore made an affidavit relative to her marriage with the late Charles Goodrich deceased she in truth believed that such marriage was solemnized by the Reverend Mr Carey formerly of Newbury Port deceased and that it took place some time in the Month of May in the Year One thousand seven hundred and Eighty three - She now swears that she was in an error as to the date of the marriage - From the great length of time that elapsed since that event and recollecting that Mr Carey was then the settled Minister of that place and his former intimacy in the family of her father she had indeed believed that he was the Minister who had married her, and in ascertaining the time when the marriage took place she had to compare it to different events that she had supposed transpired about that date; and had thought herself correct in both statements until she was informed by Mr Dibblee that he had received a letter from S. L. Edwards Esquire of the Pension office requiring among other matters more strict proof of deponents marriage and upon inquiry relative to Mr Carey she found that he and his wife had long been dead and his family either dead or removed to some place unknown to Deponent and she despaired of being able to obtain the requisite proof until recently it was suggested to Deponent that the Reverend Mr Andrews of Newburyport was a parochial Colleague of the late Mr Carey and he might possibly if living furnish the proof - She accordingly procured a letter to be written to the Reverend John Andrews a Minister of the Gospel at Newburyport making inquiry relative to the said marriage and relative to the books of the said Mr Carey - May 1788 M de Deponent further saith that she

has received an affidavit from him herunto annexed And Deponent further saith that she is now near seventy five years of age and owing to her age and infirmities she finds that she was mistaken in the date of her marriage as set forth in an affidavit heretofore made by her and forwarded to the Pension office at Washington ~ And further saith that she made such former affidavit in good faith and from the best of her recollection, and that the error as to the time of her marriage is to be solely attributed to the circumstances aforesaid which have greatly impaired her memory ~
And Deponent further saith that as to the particular services of her late husband in the Revolutionary army she has not been able to obtain further proof and must refer to the docu- ments on file in the office of the War Department upon which the pension to her late husband was granted and further saith not ~
Sworn in open court the 2 nd day of October 1838
Ann Gooch
Joseph Love Clerk

Goodrich
pm - ab - May 4.
Niagara
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington City

New York May 1 st 1838
Sir/
Permit me to call your attention to some additional documents I forwarded to you on the 18 th Jany last in the application of Ann Goodrich for a Pension -
On the latter date I also forwarded to you the papers of Peter Hatfield, which latter application you replied to, by letter dated February 1 st but as you took no notice of the papers sent to you by the same mail of those of Hatfield I had supposed you intended to have allowed her a Certificate since that period I have not had the pleasure of hearing from you -
As M rs Goodrich is Old, infirm & Poor, she has been extremely solicitous to know your determination - though you will do her a great favor by answering this, and should her papers still be insufficient you would confer a great act of kindness on an Old and Drowning Lady if you would, be so good as to point out the deficiencies , that if

practicable, the many still Obviate, or at least attempt it -
Respectfully
Your Obdt Servt
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Frederick Dibblee
P.S.
I am informed that Congress have recently passed an additional act Relative to Pensions - if so, and perfectly convenient to you, I should be much obliged if you could send me a copy of the act -
F.D.

New York 18 th Jany 1838
Sir,
I herewith transmit some additional affidavits to support the claim of Mrs Ann Goodrich Widow of Charles Goodrich a Revolutionary pensioner for a pension.
In the letter you had the goodness to write me under date of the 21 st June last - You require further proof of her marriage with her late husband and also proof of the service of the deceased the accompanying affidavits furnish the best proof on that point that the nature of the case will afford -
The death of the Minister and his family who performed the marriage ceremony has rendered it impracticable to Obtain a Certificate or Record of the fact and in the absence of such proof I respectfully submit whether the testimony now furnished on that subject ought not to be deemed satisfactory.
That Mr Goodrich was in active service after his marriage I also submit is also pretty well established and when it is considered that so many years have passed away, since that event it seems almost impossible to Obtain any more satisfactory or accumulative proof on that point - I hope Sir that on a Reexamination

of the papers heretofore sent you and a perusal of the present documents you may come to a favour- able conclusion in allowing the pension to this aged and lonely Widow and thus sooth her days of sorrow for the short period that is left her
Respectfully Yours &c
J. L. Edwards of Frederick Dibblee

J. L. Edmonds Esq.
New York April 21-1837
I beg leave to forward the Enclosure for the purpose of obtaining a Pension for Mrs. Mrs. Goodwin's Widow of the late Charles Goodwin a Revolutionary Pensioner -
Sometimes I think in 1818 or 1819 I assisted professionally, the late Capt Goodwin in obtaining a Pension from the Government and by a Reference to your Department you will be able to ascertain the nature of his services.
I submit to you, in case Mrs. Goodwin is entitled to a pension whether it will not take effect as from the passing of the act in that behalf -
Respectfully Yours &c
J. L. Edmonds Esq.
Frederick Dibblee

State and City of New York, ss
Be it Remembered that on the Fifteenth day of September One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty Seven personally come and appeared in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York at the City Hall of said City before the Judges thereof. Simon Goodrich and John M. Hoyes the persons named in the annexed affidavits and who have respectively signed said affidavits and in Open Court on being sworn according to Law did severally Depose that the matters set forth in their respective affidavits were true -
And I further certify that on the Sixteenth day of September in the year aforesaid also at the place aforesaid come Ebenezer Fish of said City who has signed an affidavit annexed who before the same Judges in Open Court at the place and before the Judges aforesaid was duly sworn according to Law and did depose that the matters contained in the said affidavit so signed by him as aforesaid were true
And I certify that the deponents are credible persons whom full faith and credit ought to be given
Thus done at the City Hall of the City of New York under the Common Seal of the said Court the Thirteenth day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Seven
Thos. Peacock Clerk

In the matter of the Petition of Ann Goodrich Widow of Charles Goodrich Deceased
State and City of New York — ss
Ann Goodrich of said City Widow of Charles Goodrich deceased being duly further sworn and by way of addition to the affidavit heretofore made doth depose and say that she was duly and lawfully married to the said Charles Goodrich (now deceased) at Newbury Port in the State of Massachusetts in the month of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Eighty Three by the Rev d Mr Barry a Clergy- man then residing and settled at Newbury Port aforesaid that at the time the said Charles Good- rich was a Soldier in the American Army and stationed at the place aforesaid. That her said husband continued in the American service until Peace was concluded and De- ponent verily believes that her said husband held some Subordinate Office in the Army at that time but cannot at this Remote pe- riod Remember what it was
And Deponent further saith That there was shown to her a letter from J. L. Ed- wards Esq r addressed to Frederick Dibble dated June 21 st 1837 stating the proof Required to establish her claim for a pension That in con- sequence thereof she the Deponent made Enquiry Relative to the Clergyman who married deponent and she has been informed and believes it to be true that the Reverend Mr Barry is long since Dead as also his Wife and family And de- ponent has not been able to ascertain what become of his books or List of Marriages performed by him

And further saith that she also made enquiry at Newbury Port for some person or persons by whom she might be able to corroborate her statement as well as to the marriage of Deponent with the late Charles Goodrich as to to the term and nature of his service in the American Army of the Revolution but from the great length of time that has elapsed since the War of the Revolution she finds that the persons who partook in the scenes of those days at Newbury Port are either Dead or Removed from there and she has been unable to find any evidence applicable to her case - That she has Resided in the City of New York for the last twenty Years and although she has since the month of June last endeavoured to find some corroborative proof to support her Claim for a Pension both in this City and at Newbury Port she has not for the reasons aforesaid been able to find any person living that give such testimony
Sworn in Open Court September 15 th 1837
Ann Goodrich
Wm. Cumian Clerk

In the matter of the Application of Ann Goodrich Widow of Charles Goodrich deceased for a pension
City and County of New York ss. John M. Noyes of said City being duly sworn doth depose and say That he was well acquainted with the late Charles Goodrich now deceased and is also well acquainted with his Wife (Widow Ann Goodrich) That he personally knew them Forty Years since and knew that they had many years pre- viously to that time been married That the said Charles Goodrich and Wife and family always sustained very respectable characters and were much respected and esteemed at Newbury Port where they resided until within about twenty years since
And deponent further saith that the said Charles Goodrich removed to the City of New York where he Died in the year One Thousand Eight hun- dred and Twenty as deponent is informed and doth believe and further saith That in the early part of the acquaintance of deponent with the said Charles Goodrich and his family he was consid- ered a wealthy man but he believes he lost his property by the Spoilations of the French shortly prior to the last War and that at the time of his decease he was in Reduced circumstances and that since his Death his Widow and family were & still are in very indigent circumstances That the said Goodrich left three Daughters viz Nancy Sarah and Mary which Children or some of them contribute to the support of their mother as he is informed and believes and that since the death of the said Charles Goodrich the said Ann has remained and still remains a Widow
Sworn in Open Court
September 15 th 1837
Mod. Premier Clerk
John M. Noyes

In the matter of the Application of Ann Goodrich Widow of Charles Goodrich deceased for a Pension
City and County of New York ss
Ebenezer Fisk of the City of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say That he is well acquainted with the above named Ann Goodrich that he has been acquainted with Mrs Goodrich since One Thousand Eight hundred and twenty three and has known her family inti- mately since that period - and further saith That She is the Widow of the said Charles Goodrich That she has three Children viz Nancy the Widow of Benjamin Whetmore deceased, Sarah the Widow of Edward Pollock deceased and Mary the Wife of Lewis Thatcher deceased
And Deponent further saith The said Ann Goodrich is a Respectable aged Woman and well esteemed by all her neighbours and others as far forth as has come to his knowledge and Belief that since the death of the late Charles Goodrich she has been and still is unmarried to any other person -
Ebenezer Fisk
Sworn in open Court
Sept 16 1837
Andr. Tuckerman Clerk

Samuel Huse of Newburyport, in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, on oath do testify and declare that Charles Gundry, man of New York, county and State of New York, Mariner (and formerly of the said Newburyport) is well known to me - I do know that he served in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution - in Capt Gideon Parkers Company and the Regiment commanded by Colonel Moses Little in the continental establishment Massachusetts line - he enlisted in said Company on the 28th day of December 1775 to serve for one year - I have no reason to doubt but that he served his full time out, although I cannot now recollect when he was discharged - I was a lieutenant in the same Regiment and in the Company commanded by Capt. Ferris and was in the habit of seeing said Gundry frequently. I have no interest whatever in said Gundrys application.
Parr M c L.
Essex ss. Oct 6. 1810.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Town of Newburyport.
Be it known, that on this sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twelve, before me, William Wheat Niles, Public for the County of Essex, by legal authority admitted and sworn and a Justice of the Peace and Quorum, in and for said County residing therein personally came Samuel Huse, above named and made oath to the truth of the above written Affidavit by him subscribed - and I do certify that said Samuel Huse is personally known to me, that he is a Credible Witness, and believed by me to be disinterested.
For testimony whereof I have also hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office the day month and year aforesaid.
William Wheat Niles

Newbury port 23 rd Oct r 1878
Capt. Charles Goodrich
Dear Sir I should have written you before but I could not obtain but one witness which you will see by the Certificate, Benjamin Gould was an Officer in the same Company, and is now on a visit to his sons a Brick layer in New York. yours friends are all well, I am very much engaged in Building another ship. about 290 Tons to be Capped Harned & Capped & off in may next
I remain your friend
William Adams